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USA TODAY High School Sports tips off the hardcourt hierarchy with the opening Super 25 basketball rankings, updated as of Jan. 8, 2024. The methodology: the HSS staff creates the Super 25 rankings while considering various data points, including strength of schedule, prospects, the more traditional stats—did the team win or lose?—as well as overall

Two Grand Slam champions are currently featuring in a quality field at the hardcourt Hobart International 2024 tournament. Sofia Kenin (Australian Open 2020) and Sloane Stephens (US Open 2017) are among the favourites, alongside no.1 seed Elise Mertens. Australia has two strong players in the main draw – Daria Saville and Olivia Gadecki. The Sporting

Open Extended Reactions The time has almost come to crown the national champion in college football, with the Michigan Wolverines facing the Washington Huskies (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). In the semifinals, Michigan knocked off Alabama and Washington held off Texas, setting up an intriguing battle of unbeatens. One team will walk away with its first

Black Monday is here. The 2023 NFL regular season has come to a conclusion and while 14 teams will continue their quest to win the Super Bowl, 18 others are left looking toward next year. For certain clubs, changes are coming. Sure, each team undergoes personnel switches in the offseason, but we are not talking

Georgia football commit and signee Ellis Robinson IV has the potential to be an elite player, with ESPN analyst Tom Luginbill making some pretty strong projections for the class of 2024 defensive back. Robinson is a five-star player who participated in last week’s Under Armour All-America Game. ESPN ranks him as the top recruit in

Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterJan 7, 2024, 06:08 PM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him

Montverde Academy (Fla.) entered this season with sky-high expectations stemming from its seven rostered players ranked as three-star or better, four of whom have five-star ratings. Fifteen games into the season, the Eagles are more than meeting them. On Friday, Montverde’s 93-51 win over Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) was a blowout over what is arguably another

For seven sensational days between Sunday, January 7 and Saturday, January 14, the world’s 16 best snooker players will descend on Alexandra Palace in London for the 50th edition of the Masters. The second major tournament of the Triple Crown Series is set to be a cracker, with major contenders in red-hot form and several

Jan 6, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA has reinstated Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green from his suspension for striking Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic last month. He missed 12 games while serving the suspension. It’s expected Green will need approximately a week to ramp up before making his return to

Throughout the fall, Jeremiah Smith made a very convincing argument that he was the top high school player in the nation. Physically dominant and a smooth route runner, the Florida wide receiver is a huge get for Ohio State and head coach Ryan Day. A huge recruiting win, even if Smith made them sweat a

Vergil Ortiz Jr. is ready to make up for lost time with a busy 2024. The 25-year-old faces Fredrick Lawson on January 6. The fight airs on DAZN worldwide.  Ortiz is undefeated, having finished all of his fights via knockout. The Texas-born fighter was inactive for all of 2023 due to rhabdomyolysis and the effects

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 5, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AS THE NEW YORK KNICKS took the court Monday afternoon against the first-place Minnesota Timberwolves, there was no doubt which player would be taking on the challenge of guarding Anthony Edwards. Edwards, one of the league’s brightest young stars, is precisely the kind of

The high school football season came to an end in December 2023, with Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) taking the national champion nod atop the USA TODAY Sports Super 25. Overall, it was one of the tightest races to the championship crown in recent Super 25 history, with a handful of top-tier teams making a

In a classic Eastern Conference showdown on Friday night, the Philadelphia 76ers will play host to the New York Knicks on ESPN. The 76ers are one of the best teams in the NBA, sporting a 23-10 record for the third spot in the Eastern Conference standings. They have the sixth best offense (120.7 points per

Jan 4, 2024, 05:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Four-time Pro Bowl running back Dalvin Cook will sign for the playoffs with the Baltimore Ravens, his agency told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Cook is being signed to the Ravens’ practice squad, a source told ESPN’s Jamison Hensley. Cook went unclaimed on waivers Thursday after he was

The Milwaukee Bucks will travel to San Antonio on Thursday night to take on the Spurs on TNT.  The Bucks are 24-9 this season, 2.5 games back on the first-place Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference. They are 8-6 on the road this season, holding just three losses at home in 19 games.  The Spurs

Braylon Burnside gave the nod to Mississippi State during the Under Armour All-America Game, giving Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lebby a versatile athlete in the 2024 recruiting class. Burnside is a four-star wide receiver from Starkville, Mississippi. He picked his hometown on Wednesday over Ole Miss. In 15 games this past fall, he had 75

Open Extended Reactions There is just one week remaining in the NFL regular season, and the playoff picture is taking shape. Nine teams have clinched postseason berths, including five in the NFC: the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams. In the AFC, the Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Cleveland